What is one thing you wish someone had told you about gastric surgery? Good or bad.

No matter how much I research, I fifigure'll still miss something, hence the question.

I wish I would have known that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be so I could have done this a lot sooner.

I only wished I'd decided to have it sooner.....I love the fact that I can eat a half of a serving size and feel stuffed....

Same here, wish I had known about it way sooner than I did.

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I wish I would have known just how hard the eating stages are. I'm on puree right now, and I thought it'd be simple. I bought all sorts of things that would be simple to puree and eat...but I didn't realize that certain things would make me feel incredibly nauseous--or that my stomach would hate them.

I also wish I knew just how hard this surgery actually would be. Before I made up my mind, I watched tons of vids and did a lot of research. It seemed most people had an incredibly easy time. For me, it's been a lot rougher than I expected.

But... on a positive note, I wish I would have known that I would succeed. I spent a lot of time pre-surgery worrying that I wouldn't lose anything. But, it's been 2.5 weeks and I've lost 25 pounds!

i glad i didnt know how much better the sex would be because i would have done it years ago. i did this to be healthy....but dang, i had no idea i was a stud. lol. dont judge me.

Wish I'd done it sooner also. Today, I'm 5 months out of surgery and miss going to food for comfort. Wish I could have found another comfort before doing the surgery. I'm still looking for that special hobby that fills the void of me chewing. I pretty much eat anything I want now...just not alot of it. My stomach says Im starving and after a couple bites, I'm stuffed and feel like I was jipped out of something good. I look forward to the skin removal sometime next year. Hopefully during the summer. I had a rough time the first month and the mental part of what I had done was really tough the first week home....but other than that...its been a breeze. Today is my birthday and I told my family - No food, just gifts and visiting. Was a little odd but turned out ok.

I wish I would have known that it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be so I could have done this a lot sooner.

You read my mind

I'm 43 and I really would have saved myself a lot of health issues if I had been able to do it 10 years ago. Of course back then they wouldn't have done the sleeve so I can't beat myself up too much for it.

I wish I had known how weird thanksgiving would be. So glad I did it though.

I wish I'd known how easy this is! Twelve days out, I don't even feel like I had surgery. I was worried that at 61.5, I'd have a little trouble. None, zero, zip.

Wish I'd done it sooner also. Today is my birthday

Looking Ahead stats

WooHoo

June 25, 2012

338 lbs

5 months later

11/24/12

227 lbs

down 111 lbs

keep on doing what you are doing - its working for you

happy b'day bud

you are not getting older, you are getting better

kudos

No one told me about the severe gas pain immediately after surgery. I would have appreciated a heads up. I wouldn't go back I'm so glad that I did it and my life will never be the same. I also feel like I look forward to meals that aren't as gratifying as before because of the small quantities now but I am perfecting the art of eating a half a spoonful of everything so I still get to taste what I want.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY PROUD GRAMMY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PROUD GRAMMY!

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No, no, no

you misunderstood what i wrote

today is Looking Ahead's b'day

mine isn't til January 12th, but lets not push it

i will be 59, i too wish i had done this years ago

its done now - i'm elated!!!!

so happy you are doing well

You are 61 1/2 - glad you are in my canoe - we can successfully pedal together

The day after I regretted it because of the pain. Now I am so glad I did it.

8 weeks and 35 lbs down.

I do miss eating though. Learning to eat small amounts slowly and chewing lots is hard to learn.

I am amazed by how much people eat, kind of grossed out by it. Obviously we can all get by on far less.

I now eat to live not live to eat.

Good luck on you surgery

I wish I'd known how frustrating the stalls would be and that the weight loss,for me at least,would stair step with weeks of no loss and then big losses overnight.I would have liked to expected this as part of the process.And I wish that I had known that constipation would be such an issue.Would have started taking acidophylus from the beginning instead of trying to regulate it with all the other meds.

O,and I really really wish that I had started exercising regularly (toning,weight training) from 2 months out as I am as flabby as a jellyfish...lol.